Super interface and super class having the same method name

Question

I am trying to create a spark datagrid item renderer. This item renderer extends a checkbox, and implements IGridItemRenderer

public class CellCheckBoxItemRenderer extends CheckBox implements IGridItemRenderer

When I implement IGridItemRenderer, I need to implement the interface methods, I am having a problem with the following methods:

public function get hovered():Boolean
{
}

public function set hovered(value:Boolean):void
{
}

since the methods are inherited as well from the checkbox

EDIT The signatures of the functions

//spark checkbox signature
protected function get hovered():Boolean
protected function set hovered(value:Boolean):void

and the signature above belongs to the interface IGridItemRenderer

does methods in class and interface have the same signature? — Eugeny89, Dec 31 '11 at 07:48
can you list here signatures of functions? Maybe me or someone else advise some workaround — Eugeny89, Dec 31 '11 at 12:15

kapex · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-01T14:53:41.040

I guess the implementation of IGridItemRenderer is the more important part, so you can use it in a datagrid. The CheckBox provides just the functionality, you don't have to extend it if there are conflicts in my opinion.

public class CellCheckBoxItemRenderer implements IGridItemRenderer {

    private var checkBox:CheckBox;

    public function getCheckBox {
        return checkBox;
    }

    //...
}

If CheckBox would implement any useful interfaces, you could also implement them in your renderer and delegate the methods to the checkbox, which may let you encapsulate the whole checkbox. That's not the case here though.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 31 '11 at 16:18

The problem is that interfaces, by design, only specify the signature for public functions, whereas the function in Checkbox is set as protected.

The only solutions:

remove the interface/Checkbox class from CellCheckBoxItemRenderer
remove the declaration from the interface
change Checkbox so hovered is a public property
it might be possible to change the accessor dynamically using the as3 commons bytecode project (http://www.as3commons.org/as3-commons-bytecode/emit.html), but I'm not 100% sure.

Super interface and super class having the same method name

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